The TTABlog

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (Tee-Tee-Ā-Bee) has scheduled three oral hearings for the month of March 2024. The hearings will be held in person, the first two at TTAB headquarters and the third at Southern University Law Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dave Dean , Opposition No. Opposition No. Opposition No.

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The TTABlog

JULY 2, 2021

Section 2(a) - False Suggestion of a Connection: Gilead Science Loses Opposition to GILEAD CAPITAL: No Section 2(d) Likelihood of Confusion and No 2(a) False Connection Section 2(d) - Likelihood of Confusion: TTABlog Test: Is QUARRY VINEYARD Confusable with PEDRERA for Wine? You may also follow the TTABlog on Twitter: @TTABlog. Apple, Inc.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Lolita Darden, Stopping Zombie Company Trademark Abuse and Consumer Deception in Trademark Abandonment Cases Based on clinic work. Forum-shopping from TTAB/federal court; D secured transfer from Mass. Larger questions about standards for proving abandonment/relation to abusive acts.

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Patent Trademark Blog

JUNE 8, 2023

You need your patent or trademark registered, and you need it now. When it comes to getting utility patent applications allowed, a practitioner must be skilled in the art of persuasion. Does the new patent attorney have trademark experience? Any business that needs patents will also need trademarks.

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43(B)log

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The examiner rejected on 2(a) and 2(c) grounds, but the TTAB affirmed only on 2(c), so the court doesn’t reach whether 2(a) can cover this kind of disparaging mark. Elster’s mark is speech by a private party in a context in which controversial speech is part-and-parcel of the traditional trademark function.” Electronic Arts (3d Cir.,

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The TTABlog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Section 2(a) provides, in pertinent part, that "[n]o trademark by which the goods of the applicant may be distinguished from the goods of others shall be refused registration on the principal register on account of its nature unless it (a) consists of or comprises. 97 USPQ2d 1403 (TTAB 2010). matter which may. Petróleos Mexicanos v.

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